I was there, in Stratford, as was Jean Flood. Don't remember who else, but do remember the aching feet especially during Lear. We saw a VERY young Alan Stanford in...can't remember what....Hamlet?
Also remember dropping my glasses in the river Avon, and getting smacked around by a swan when I tried to get them back.

It seems to have changed emphasis, and now mainly does prints. It used to do arty postcards that we liked, but mainly books.

If we wanted a book, but couldn't afford it, then Miss Mercer would buy it and let us have first read.

There it is! I loved that bookshop. It was where we bought confirmation cards, too. I recognised the staircase which led to the first floor! Although it looks disconcertingly bright and decorated now - it was appealingly dark and murky in our day...

Thanks, Mary Mc. A terrific memory of Hertford -

Munch

"Baldrick, you wouldn't recognise a cunning plan if it painted itself purple, and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Cunning plans are here again.""

Thanks Mary for finding the bookshop.It had a different name then though.

Is there still going to be a memorial service for Miss West ?.At one point is was projected tentatively for 16th September......but as it doesn't appear on the CHA events calendar , I presume it has been cancelled.......can anyone inform me?

Alexandra Thrift wrote:Thanks Mary for finding the bookshop.It had a different name then though.

Is there still going to be a memorial service for Miss West ?.At one point is was projected tentatively for 16th September......but as it doesn't appear on the CHA events calendar , I presume it has been cancelled.......can anyone inform me?

I remember the bumps - getting bounced in a blanket on your birthday - number of bumps=years of age.
Probably pretty dangerous, great fun. Some people were harder to bump than others! And I think that blanket shaking at the end of term often degenerated into non-birthday-related bumps.
K

Angela Woodford wrote:Does anyone remember a ritual of shaking blankets at the end of term? It's suddenly come back to me!

Definitely, charging up and down the school field at full pelt with a blanket between two of you. Were the days organised so that there was only one house out at a time - or, perish the thought, was it just us who did it?

What did the other side of the square do? Did they come across to ours or did they use the playground?

Katharine Dobson (Hills) 6.14, 1959 - 1965
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!

I don't remember shaking blankets during my time at Hertford.
I do remember getting the bumps on a blanket though. I especally remember my 12th birthday. They always gave you an extra bump for luck and threw me so high on that last one that my leg crashed into the ceiling and I thought I'd broken it - can still remember the pain to this day